| 2000 GUINEAS 1898 | |||
The 90th winner of the 2000 Guineas, held on Wednesday 27th April 1898 over the Rowley Mile, was Disraeli (100/8), a bay colt by Galopin out of Lady Yardley, owned by Mr Wallace Johnstone. The winner won by 1 1/2 lengths in 1 minute 54.8 secs, with a neck back to the third. A field of 14 runners contested the race which was worth £4,970 (Equivalent to £596,400 in 2017) DISRAELI SR 1967 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| DISRAELI | Sam Loates | J Dawson snr | Mr Wallace Johnstone 100/8 |
| WANTAGE | Tommy Loates |  |
Duke of Portland 40/1 |
| NINUS | R W Colling | Prince Soltykoff 100/30 | |
| BRIO | Charles Wood | Mr Douglas Baird 100/7 | |
| HAWFINCH | Fred Finlay | Mr H Bottomley 8/1 | |
| ORZIL | Walter Bradford | Mr L Brassey 100/6 | |
| FLORIO | Fred Pratt | Mr H McCalmont 50/1 | |
| WILDFOWLER | Fred Allsopp | Mr Larnach 10/1 | |
| ST EVOX | Otto Madden | Mr R A Osawld 100/7 | |
| JEDDAH | John Watts | Mr Larnach 6/1 | |
| COLT BY BEND OR | J Fagan | Mr C Perkins 33/1 | |
| SCHONBERG | Fred Rickaby | Lord Stanley 40/1 | |
| BATT | Morny Cannon | Duke of Westminster 11/2 | |
| MD | F Leader | Mr F F Cartwright 100/1 | |
| Note: The image opposite is shown courtesy of the issuing cigarette card company Salmon & Gluckstein. | Over Round 112% | ||